silent

Etymology
From, present of , from. Related to Gothic, Old English.

Adjective

 * 1) Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
 * 2) * 1825, Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, The Works of Samuel Johnson, Talboys and Wheeler, page 52:
 * What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges, and battles, has been of late accomplished by more silent methods.
 * 1) Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
 * 2) Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
 * 3)  Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
 * 4) Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
 * 5)  With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
 * 6)  Without audio capability.
 * 7) Hidden, unseen.
 * 8) Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
 * 9)  Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
 * 10) Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
 * 11) Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.
 * 1) Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
 * 2)  With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
 * 3)  Without audio capability.
 * 4) Hidden, unseen.
 * 5) Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
 * 6)  Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
 * 7) Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
 * 8) Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.
 * 1) Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
 * 2)  Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
 * 3) Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
 * 4) Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.
 * 1)  Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
 * 2) Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
 * 3) Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:silent
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:taciturn
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:mute
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:inactive
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:hidden
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:hidden

Translations

 * Abkhaz: аҭынч
 * Arabic: صَامِت, سَاكِت
 * Egyptian Arabic: ساكت, ساكتة
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Belarusian:, маўча́ць
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 安靜, 恬靜, 靜
 * Hakka: 安靜, 恬靜, 恬, 恬恬
 * Hokkien:, , ,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ჩუმი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἤρεμος, ἀκέων
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ingrian: hiljain, äänetöin
 * Irish: i do thost
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 静かな, 無音の
 * Karachay-Balkar: тынч
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: унчукпоо
 * Lao: ມິດ, ນິ້ງ, ສງັດ
 * Latgalian: kluss, trāps
 * Latin:, tacitus
 * Latvian: kluss
 * Macedonian: тих, молчи, ќу́ти
 * Maltese: sieket, siekta
 * Maori: mōhū
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: silencieux
 * Northern Sami: jaskat
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lydløs
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: swīġe, swīgian
 * Old Saxon: swigon
 * Ottoman Turkish: صوص, خاموش
 * Persian:, بی‌صدا,
 * Plautdietsch: stell
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: upalla
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: му́чати, тих
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: tichý, mlčať
 * Slovene: ,
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: mjelcaś
 * Southern Altai: унчукпа-
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tahimik
 * Thai:, ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ти́хий, мовча́ти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: שטום
 * Zazaki: béveng


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee: ᎡᏝᏪᎢ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 沉默, 緘默
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: silenta,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ჩუმი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σιγηρός
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: i do thost
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 無言の
 * Latin: tacitus
 * Maori: mōhū, karangatā, whakakeke
 * Norman: silencieux
 * Ottoman Turkish: خاموش
 * Persian:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese:, câm lặng
 * Yiddish: שטום
 * Zazaki: sukut


 * Armenian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: tranquilis
 * Northern Sami: hiljit
 * Persian:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: непроизносим
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Zazaki: isız


 * Finnish:, tehoton
 * Persian:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, äänettömällä, äänettömälle
 * German:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Zazaki:


 * Finnish:
 * Turkish:, sakin (figuratively)


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Zazaki: bévengey


 * Bulgarian: безсимптомен
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Greek:
 * Spanish: ,

Noun

 * 1)  That which is silent; a time of silence.
 * 2) A silent movie
 * 1) A silent movie

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Zazaki: xemis